ncdu Alternatives

ncdu is described as 'A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface, aimed to be run on a remote server where you don't have an entire graphical setup, but have to do with a simple SSH connection. ncdu aims to be fast, simple and easy to use, and should be able to run in any minimal POSIX-like' and is a very popular disk usage analyzer in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to ncdu for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best ncdu alternative is WinDirStat, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ncdu are WizTree, Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer, TreeSize and SquirrelDisk.

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ncdu alternatives are mainly Disk Usage Analyzers, but if you're looking for System Cleaners or Duplicate File Finders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Linux and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to ncdu.
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  1. gdu icon
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    Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go.

    52 gdu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Duc icon
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    Duc is a collection of tools for inspecting and visualizing disk usage.

    Duc scales quite well, it has been tested on systems with more than 500 million files and several petabytes of storage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    dua (-> Disk Usage Analyzer) is a tool to conveniently learn about the usage of disk space of a given directory. It's parallel by default and will max out your SSD, providing relevant information as fast as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
     
  4. JDiskReport icon
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    JDiskReport enables you to understand how much space the files and directories consume on your disk drives, and it helps you find obsolete files and folders.

    70 JDiskReport alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. K4DirStat icon
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    K4DirStat, fork of KDirStat , is a small utility program that sums up disk usage for directory trees, very much like the Unix 'du' command. It displays the disk space used up by a directory tree, both numerically and graphically.

    72 K4DirStat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
     
  6. Scanner icon
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    This tool uses a sunburst chart to display the usage of your hard disk or other media. The chart shows all major files and folders from all directory levels at once.

    75 Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7.  Like
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    A disk usage calculator for Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. crossdirstat icon
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    Free open-source cross-platform file & directory statistics as found on Github

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. GD Map icon
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    GdMap is a tool which allows to visualize disk space. Ever wondered why your hard disk is full or what directory and files take up most of the space? With GdMap these questions can be answered quickly. To display directory structures cushion treemaps are used which visualize a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Folder Size analyzes your hard drives and displays file and folder sizes so that you can easily check the distribution of your disk space. The application will display the sizes of the folders and files and also the percentage of the total disk size that they occupy in a bar...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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